In general, Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is the best strategy. You need to be ready to raise money.
If you decide to raise money, I strongly suggest you read the 1Mby1M Seed Capital series of interviews on our blog ASAP. We’ve profiled investor after investor to understand their investment thesis. You need to get in their heads and get a sense of what they’re looking for, especially if you’ve never raised money before.
Remember, Investors are looking to multiply the money that they put into startups.
>>>Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.
Oyaa
As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sangeetha Iyer from Franklin Park, New Jersey, pitching Oyaa, a household organizing solution marketplace.
Roman Kikta is Managing Partner and Founder at Mobility Ventures. Roman discusses his firm’s investment thesis.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Roman Kikta, Managing Partner and Founder, Mobility Ventures. Roman discussed his firm’s investment thesis.
MysteryMonks
As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Aditya Vikram from New Delhi, India, pitching MysteryMonks, a video production service that has nuances of a marketplace, but is a managed service.
Online CheckWriter
Next up, Sabeer Nelli from Tyler, Texas, pitched Online CheckWriter, a competitor to Bill.com that is projecting $5M in ARR for 2020, and expects $15-20M in 2021.
Robert Weber is Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.
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